In a high-school football game more than four years ago, Mission Hills High linebacker Scott Eveland limped off the field and collapsed on the sideline. Now, a Vista Superior Court jury will be asked to determine why Eveland suffered a catastrophic brain injury that night.

The Renegades softball team won’t be playing this morning in the Gold National Championship at the Sportsplex in Poway. Instead, girls on the Rancho Peñasquitos squad will be attending the funeral of their slain teammate and her mother.